I have been posting a lot lately! So, if you haven't stopped by in a few days, make sure to scroll down to see all of the posts! And don't forget my blog candy here for the opening of my new on-line store called Stamp and Create.
Well, I will getting ready to go to bed last night when it hit me...I didn't make a birthday card for Ansley!! Yikes!! I made her birthday invitations, her party favors, and even a more invitations for a mini-party we are having with a few neighbors (see the end of this post for those)...but I totally forgot about her actual birthday card!! Since she's seen all of my work, I couldn't just give her one I made awhile ago...she would think that I didn't do it for HER!
So, I was up until about 12:30am making this card....keep in mind I only remembered it around 11:15pm!! So I am glad this card quickly came together!! It took me just over an hour to do everything including the coloring! Most of my cards can take me 3-4 hours to make...mostly just trying to figure out what I want to do!!
Anyway, here is Ansley's birthday card...
Isn't she adorable? I have to admit...I have had this Miss Anya set for months, but have had so many other cards to make for different reasons that I didn't have a chance to personally ink her up! I chose this image since her hair is more like Ansley's than the other Miss Anyas in this set.
The DP is from one of my new MME mega packs called Totally Girl. I love polka dots and I love this color combo! The pink layer had a little green in it, so I used that as an accent color. Check out that awesome charm I got from Bunny Zoe's Crafts!! Perfect for a little girl! I added some sparkle to the edges, headband, prima, and brad with Crystal Stickles. And the butterfly was punched with the Martha Stewert punch twice, then the top layer attached with foam dimensionals.
The image was embossed in black onto Watercolor paper and watercolored with twinkling H2Os...
I carried the layout on the inside...
The sentiment is from SU Full of Life and Teeny Tiny Wishes.
On the inside of the cover, I added some DP, some ric rak, and #7 from SU Well Worn Numbers (retired) punched out with a Marvy circle punch...
I think she was happy to get it...I was still sleeping since I was up so late making it!! But she did thank me for it before she went to school.
I brought cupcakes to her school for her class. And tonight we are going to The Rainforest Cafe for dinner (her choice). I am also going to get her some sushi for an afterschool snack..she LOVES Salmon and Tuna Sashimi!! I might pick me up some sushi lunch, too!
But her birthday celebrations aren't over! Tomorrow we are having a few of our neighbors over to swim in the pool after school! I really hope the weather holds out...it's been major thunderstorms EVERY afternoon for over a week (and always just as the bus is about to drop off)!! I'm talking "rattle-the-walls-thunder"!! But it's always beautiful in the mornings...strange Florida weather!
Anyway, since I can't have a party without a little invitation, I made up 3 of these using inspiration from Debbie Olsen's style....
Ok, it's not Debbie Olsen...but these Cosmo Cricket papers make me think of her. Since I can't make a bow like she can, I just created a knot through the tag which is a Sizzix Scalloped Tag die (ribbon SU). I added a button (Debbie always has buttons on her cards) and rounded the corners on two sides a-la-Debbie!
The image is Beach Girl Patti from High Hopes Rubber Stamps available at my store Stamp and Create....
She is embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored using twinkling H2Os.
I added Crystal Effects from SU on her mask and Stickles on the beach ball (which is from SU Life's a Breeze - Retired)...
Here's all three together...
I think that's a long enough post today!! LOL
Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!
~Lacey